* [PATCH 4/4] doc/technical/whyperl: note Perl 7 announcement
@ 2020-07-05 22:44 7% ` Eric Wong
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From: Eric Wong @ 2020-07-05 22:44 UTC (permalink / raw)
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Right now[1] the Perl upstream plan is to maintain 5 compatibility
in Perl 7 for at least 5 years[1], and perhaps drop it when Perl 8
comes along. That said, distros may pick it and maintain 5 on their
own given the vast amounts of perfectly good legacy code out there.
[1] http://nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/257817
[2] http://nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/257565
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Documentation/technical/whyperl.txt | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/whyperl.txt b/Documentation/technical/whyperl.txt
index 01ce71e2..de6f912a 100644
--- a/Documentation/technical/whyperl.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/whyperl.txt
@@ -66,6 +66,10 @@ Good Things
Perl had fewer breaking changes than Python or Ruby; we
expect that trend to continue given the inertia of Perl 5.
+ Note: this document was written before the Perl 7 announcement.
+ We'll continue to monitor and adapt to the situation around
+ what distros are doing in regard to maintaining compatibility.
+
* Built for text processing
Our focus is plain-text mail, and Perl has many built-ins
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